Appalachia Through My Eyes – Frosty Mornings
Frosty mornings in Appalachia are eating cereal in front of the stove before school; crunching through the frozen grass to…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Some Guitar Players Are Frammers
Did you know some guitar players are frammers? I didn’t-until I overheard an elderly gentleman in Haywood County say the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Is Not This The Land Of Beulah?
I am dwelling on the mountain Where the golden sunlight gleams O’er a land of wondrous beauty, Far exceeds my…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Extry
We had such a fine Christmas! It seemed like I kept hearing different family members comment about how good it…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Mr. Art Teacher
Quote from Mr. Art Teacher: “Not everyone can be an artist-but I teach them drawing, because I hope each student will…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Slow As Christmas
(The tree Chitter and The Deer Hunter found on the bank after dark the other night) Never in my life…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Handle It
Handle it. Did you ever watch Carter Country? I believe that was the show with the Mayor who was always…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Teenagers
He’s going to toss me out like yesterday’s meatloaf. I just keep putting my hand in the fire. If you…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Reach Me A Apple
“Reach me a apple” in Appalachian Vernacular means the same thing as “hand me an apple”. Have you seen the…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Spit In Your Hand
Fall of the year’s frosty mornings bring out pickup trucks with beds piled high with firewood and cardboard signs telling…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Make A Preacher Cuss
According to The Deer Hunter-when you’re sitting in your deer stand and 2 enormous flatbed tractor trailers pull up and unload…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Liable To
According to my daughters the following statements were said by me in the last week: “Be careful you’re liable to…
